combative
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Pritzker for a “pugilistic,” populist mantle attractive to voters seeking a Democrat who appears both combative and genuine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
His combative predecessor Herbert Diess, a former BMW executive, had unsettled the workforce by drawing unfavorable comparisons of Volkswagen’s technology and manufacturing with those of Tesla, which at the time was expanding rapidly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Whether or not you’ve done anything to warrant her combative attitude, she clearly doesn’t feel safe talking to you.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
Fogu was occasionally combative during questioning by a lawyer for the states.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
But I had a striking sense that if I’d had a son, he would, at the core, be a lot like this brainy, combative oddball sitting in a musty apartment in a small Idaho town.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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